LEG00140

• Bill Number: PUB104-182
• Year: 1996
• Title: To reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act ‎(Commonly Known as the "Safe Drinking Water Act")‎ and for Other Purposes
• Legislation - Doc Type: Congressional Legislative Information

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section as efficiently as possible in accordance with
this title and applicable State laws;
"(B) guidance to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse;

and

"(C) guidance to avoid the use of funds made
available under this section to finance the expansion of
any public water system in anticipation of future
population growth.
The guidance and regulations shall also ensure that the States,
and public water systems receiving assistance under this
section, use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures that
conform to generally accepted accoun~ing standards.
"(4) State report.--Each State administering a loan fund
and assistance program under this subsection shall publish and
submit to the Administrator a report every 2 years on its
activities under this section, including the findings of the
most recent audit of the fund and the entire State allotment.
The Administrator shall periodically audit all State loan funds
established by, and all other amounts allotted to, the States

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pursuant to this section in accordance with procedures
established by the eomptroller General.

"(h) <<NOTE: Reports.>> Needs Survey.--The Administrator shall
conduct an assessment of water system capital improvement needs of all
eligible public water systems in the United States and submit a report
to the eongress containing the results of the assessment within 180 days
after the date of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of
1996 and every 4 years thereafter.

"(i) Indian Tribes.--
"(I) In general.--l\1/2\ percent of the amounts
appropriated annually to carry out this section may be used by
the Administrator to make grants to Indian Tribes and Alaska
Native villages that have not otherwise received either grants
from the Administrator under this section or assistance from
State loan funds established under this section. The grants may
only be used for expenditures by tribes and villages for public
water system expenditures referred to in subsection (a) (2) .
"(2) Use of funds.--Funds reserved pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall be used to address the most significant threats to
public health associated with public water systems that serve
Indian Tribes, as determined by the Administrator in
consultation with the Director of the Indian Health Service and
Indian Tribes.
"(3) Alaska native villages.--In the case of a grant for a
project under this subsection in an Alaska Native village, the
Administrator is also authorized to make grants to the State of
Alaska for the benefit of Native villages. An amount not to
exceed 4 percent of the grant amount may be used by the State of
Alaska for project management.
"(4) Needs assessment.--The Administrator, in consultation
with the Director of the Indian Health Service and Indian
Tribes, shall, in accordance with a schedule that is consistent
with the needs surveys conducted pursuant to subsection (h),
prepare surveys and assess the needs of drinking water treatment
facilities to serve Indian Tribes, including an evaluation of
the public water systems that pose the most significant threats

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